Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (Dutch Lady Malaysia) today introduced a campaign that advocates Malaysian families to drink two servings of milk daily as part of a balanced diet. Titled 2-a-Day Milk. Haha...I've been telling my dear Lynette to take 2 Dutch Lady milk everyday and she replied me "Ok, will do!" And from time to time, I reminded her again and again just to be sure she remembers to take her 2-a-day milk.The best gift for your family, the campaign points to drinking two servings of milk daily to reap from its nutritious benefits and more importantly, to help address nutritional gaps in Malaysian children found in SEANUTS or South East Asian Nutrition Survey. Even for adults like me, I'm taking a cup of milk together with my morning coffee and a cup of Dutch Lady Yoghurt to keep me healthy everyday.

Speaking at the campaign launch, Ms Jo-Anne Jayasiri, Marketing Manager of Dutch Lady Malaysia, highlighted that milk is a great source of nutrition for Malaysian families. “Milk is an affordable and one of the most nutritionally complete sources of nutrition for the family, helping children to grow and develop while maintaining strong bones and muscles for adults,” she said.“However, Malaysians are not drinking enough milk,” remarked Jo-Anne. She explained that according to the 2003 Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS), Malaysians are only taking 0.14 servings of milk and dairy products a day, which is basically one small glass per week, as compared to the Malaysian Dietary Guideline recommendation of one to three servings per day.

“As the leading milk manufacturer in Malaysia, we see it our responsibility to contribute to the nutritional health of Malaysians and to help them build strong families. The 2-a-Day campaign is our effort to educate and encourage Malaysians to drink milk to an amount that is in accordance to Malaysian Dietary Guideline in order to reap its nutritious benefits,” said Jo-Anne.She was also happy to announce that Dutch Lady Malaysia has partnered Nutrition Society of Malaysia and celebrity Aaron Aziz and his family to educate Malaysian families on the goodness of milk and how easy it is to incorporate two servings in Malaysian families’ daily diet.

“Families will be informed and educated through media platforms and on-ground roadshows on their nutrition status. They will also be advised by qualified nutritionists on how to incorporate two servings of milk daily as part of a balanced diet,” she said.

Representing the Nutrition Society of Malaysia at the campaign launch was Professor Norimah Karim, honorary secretary of the local nutritionist fraternity and head of programme for Human Nutrition at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia School of Healthcare Sciences. “Milk is versatile as it comes in a form that is ready to be consumed, complements other foods and beverages, and is suitable for the whole family,” explained Prof. Norimah.

Referring to findings of SEANUTS, which indicates nearly half of the children studied are lacking in Vitamin D and one out of 20 are undernourished, Prof. Norimah said, “For undernourished children, drinking two servings of milk a day can ensure they don’t miss out on essential nutrients required daily,” she added. This Chocolate milkshake blended with Vanilla Ice Cream was so delicious, I took 2 cups of it and still craving for more of it.

She also explained that Vitamin D is important to both adults and children as it helps with the absorption of calcium in our body. “No matter how much calcium we consume through our diet, they will not be sufficiently utilised without adequate Vitamin D. In severe cases, Vitamin D deficiency can lead to rickets, a disease in which the bone tissue doesn't properly mineralize, leading to soft bones and skeletal deformities.”

“To address Vitamin D insufficiency, children should spend more time outdoors to allow the body to produce vitamin D naturally. Besides that, parents can look at their dietary intake to ensure they have enough Vitamin D.As Vitamin D is fat soluble, we can only obtain it from fishes like mackerel (ikan kembung), sardines, salmon, egg yolk and milk fortified with Vitamin D,” said Prof. Norimah.

For parents who look to Vitamin D-fortified milk, her advice is to read the nutrition labels for information. “We need about five micrograms of Vitamin D in a day according to the Ministry of Health (MOH)’s recommended nutrition intake (RNI). So, ensure the milk you choose is well-fortified with right level of Vitamin D,” she added.

Dutch Lady Malaysia’s Corporate Nutritionist Loo Mei Fong, who was also present at the campaign launch spoke about the goodness of Dutch Lady Pure Farm milk, highlighting that two servings of Dutch Lady Pure Farm milk contains the amount of Vitamin D recommended by the MOH.

Actor Aaron Aziz may be known for his heroic and romantic personas on TV, but in real life, he is a family man with a beautiful wife and three children Danish, Dwi and Dahlia, who are aged 11, nine and five,respectively.As the newly appointed ambassador for Dutch Lady PureFarm’s 2-a-Day campaign, he was present at the campaign launch with his wife Diyana Halik.

“Diyana and I have three children and they are at ages when they still need good nutrition to support their growth and development. So nutrition is one of the priorities we look at for them,” said Aaron.

“We drink milk all the time.Especially for the children, we make it a point to cultivate the habit of drinking milk since young, and one of their favourite snacks is the Dutch Lady PureFarm Chocolate or Strawberry-flavoured milk,” said Diyana.

She added: “But we were not aware that we should drink two servings or glasses a day. So we were very keen to participate in this campaign to help highlight that to all the mums out there.”

“Milk brings my family together. Despite our busy lifestyles, my wife and I always ensure we have breakfast together as often as possible. Not only that, milk is a great beverage to have for breakfast and we usually talk to our kids over breakfast, helping each other to start the day right,” disclosed Aaron.

Dutch Lady PureFarm’s 2 a Day – Milk. The best gift for your family campaign begins 10
October 2015.Dutch Lady PureFarm is the No. 1* ready-to-drink milk brand in the
category. In collaboration with the Nutrition Society of Malaysia, on-ground roadshows
will tour nationwide to provide nutrition status check, milk tasting and other
interesting activities for families.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Just like a car that needed 4 tyres to move around, I only need a pair of healthy feet to walk, run and jumping around that I treasure a lot nowadays. All of us came to the right place and at the right time of 2.30pm attending this Healthy Feet Public Talk that Saturday because without having a pair of healthy feet, we are going nowhere that's for sure.

Everywhere I go now, I tend to wear my comfy socks to keep my feet comfortable and away from dirt, impurities and roughness of the shoes I'm wearing no matter how branded or expensive the shoes can be. It's still rough for my delicate skin on my feet, so it's better to be safe than sorry. I only wanted my feet to feel comfortable, clean and able to walk smooth like an angel.

Even if I looked weird in wearing a nice dress with slippers also I didn't care or mind anymore that day in Macau holiday because all I care at that moment was I can still walk, run and jump like an active girl I used to be. During my Macau tour whole day through from am to pm, I changed to slipper in the afternoon, and I told my mom and sisters who asked about my fashion sense, I replied them "I prefer to have Meng(live a life) rather than Leng(beauty), 'Yiu Meng Emm Yiu Leng' liao because my feet hurts like nobody's business.

In Malaysia, I usually drive around and will park at the entrance of the shop or park at valet sometimes or park directly infront of the hotel lift, so I need not walk much. There's no way I will walk far or wearing my high heels to walk such great distance to reach a place. And I'm not supposed to wear those tight shoes anymore after Datin Emily told me that day my right foot is coming to form a little bunion if I keep on wearing tight shoes.

The world is so unfair sometimes, JJ told me she didn't wear any high heels at all, only wearing flats like the one she showed me but she's having problem with her feet. She's a customer of MyORTHO, wearing Dr.Kong's shoes to treat her bunions. And I told her I was not supposed to wear the tight green yellow shoes also, should keep it for decoration after this event.

Haha...I'm like that kinda girl who's motivated to change for good when I'm surrounded with this kinds of healthy learning care, I'll be brain-washed to listen and learn for real. Then during break time while I was having a cup of hot tea, I met this Malay Blogger who came to say Hi to me and we talked for awhile after exchanging namecards. She also told me she's suffering in so much pain everyday when she woke up.

I symphatized with her feet condition and I advised her to wear the Japanese Ebene socks day and night 24 hours a day. I remember I shared this healthy feet tips with Datin Emily before in the last Healthy Feet Event at One Utama, she totally agreed with the way I'm taking good care of my petite feet of Size 3. Izzati then thanked me saying it's a good advise that she would proceed to buy the socks as soon as possible and I was glad I was able to help what I could.

In fact, I've been telling Rambo and
many others that nowadays I prefer to wear an Orthotics Insole for sport
shoes, Boots or even high heels also because I feel more comfortable and can
walk faster also. Maybe due to my mild high arch feet, the Orthotics Insole actually helped to correct and support the malalignment of my feet. It's the
most effective way I would say!

Every year I went for Healthy Feet Check because I believe that good health begins from the feet itself. The 1st time I went for my foot check was by Edmund himself at the Health In The City event, last year I went to Tropicana MyORTHO Branch and this year I went for two healthy feet checkups already, just to be sure my feet are still in good condition and healthy enough.

Almost everyday I heard many stories from kids, aunties and friends been telling me they have problem with their feet. They cannot stand properly, they cannot walk much and they need to wear only certain shoes to be able to walk a little. They've been suffering in silence or aloud for many years already. I totally understand their feelings and predicaments, I know it's hard to cure back pain problem, slip disc, feet or knee pain that can take forever to cure.

Rambo used to massage my feet every night before I sleeps in the past few years. He always prepared aromatherapy saltwater for me to pamper my tired feet dipped under the hot bubbles water for blood circulation, but now I no longer need all that anymore. For healthy feet tips and updates, check out https://www.facebook.com/drkongmalaysia?fref=ts

It's a reminder and a booster of memory for me that Saturday afternoon having to listen and learn all about feet from Dato' Edmund Lee. You may not realize how important to have a pair of precious healthy feet in your life until you almost losing it or having broken bone like Ng, one of Rambo's colleague. Now she treasured her feet like her golden treasure after a minor accident and taking good care of her feet seriously.

One of the lucky draw winner at this public talk, aunty at her age of 70's I heard from my left sitting neighbour. I just wish I can still walk or run at her age if I ever live that long. Haha...I'm not greedy in life, I only wanted to stay healthy and happy of my body, mind and soul and from top head to bottom toe as well. That's life!

Monday, September 28, 2015

Life is short. Never ever give up in life too easily, strive
and thrive harder and excel the best you can 'Chung Po' from deep within you.
You are worth to live the fullest life like anybody else, nobody can take that
away from you. Love from the author of Evergreen Love. Everyday I have so many lovely stories to tell or share with the whole world, be it among my family and friends or about myself, but I was too busy recently so bear with me.

Once I can find some time, I'll try to blog about it no matter how short the story can be. The reason why I am so 'Gam Chuk' (deep feeling) about life and I needed to share all about it is because Datuk J's mother has just passed away in September. She was admitted to private hospital about a week only due to lung infection and passed away peacefully after ICU scare, following her hubby who passed away just 2 years ago.

I still remember she used to shower me with sweet compliments, from looking gorgeous in Red Chinese New Year Dress to looking pretty when we meet, although she had 3 lovely daughters who are 'Hao Fa', pretty ones famously known around Jinjang area. They're all good friends with Rambo+Sis Toto family for years liao. Celine is one of her pretty daughter who always liked my pictures on Facebook, Datuk J her son too in which I did my best to do the same thing.

My Uncle Gudeh who used to teach me speak Hainanese and playing musical instruments like Violin passed away 2 years ago. 'Sumbang bunyinya' because I can't play Violin, but my Uncle Gudeh can have it all played under his superb talent real beautifully, flawlessly and effortlessly like Vanessa Mae. I used to admire seeing him play the Violin, and after so many times he patiently taught me step-by step, I just didn't have the talent to play the Violin like him, 'Suan Le Ba' I told myself. A real remarkable lovely memories with him.

So he taught me playing the 'Guzheng', one of the most beguiling Chinese musical instrument that I can play when I was young and I enjoyed playing it because it's therapeutically relaxing for me. I find it very soothing with calming Chinese music, but I didn't play it for many years already. I missed my Uncle Gudeh so much because I remember all of his flourishing good deeds to me, 'sayang' me since I was little, very supportive of me and treated me like one of his daughters for years already.

My Bro Ahboy reminisced, sharing with me that day my Uncle Gudeh passed away peacefully in his sleep, he said that Gudeh used to give me RM2 while both my sis Defney and him were getting RM1 every Tuesday for Pasar Malam shopping. "Really?", I asked him and my sis Defney seconded that, "Yes!" I totally forgot about it, I replied them honestly. In our Lim Family, we're all very attached since we're staying close together for years, that's why 3 of us stayed with my uncle, accompanying him before he was taken away by Nirvana for bath.

I learn to let go of my sad feelings having to lose my beloved Uncle Gudeh, blissfully so he can leave the world peacefully as the funeral service agent has advised all of us to stay in the kitchen and never to look at them when they carried my Gudeh away from us. There's a pantang in Chinese customary death practice that we need to follow, it's entirely for the good sake of my Uncle Gudeh passing away ritual so it will go on smoothly ever after. Besides my Gudeh, I have another 3 friends who shared the same birthday 9th of Sept with him.

In fact during the Buddhist Amituofo chanting session, besides Rambo, I also did the chanting many times for him from my seat. His 3 kids obviously have to bow, following every chanting ritual to pay their last respects to him. On his departure day also, I went and picked his 'Guat Fui' - bones and ashes before the last final prayer for him at Nirvana. I respect and loved my Uncle Gudeh just like a dad to me because he always care and loving us generously.

In all my life, I always believe to respect, love and care those who are still alive and those who treasure me very much. Life is just a passing by living in this world, temporarily for 60 years or longer. Some even have left us earlier to heaven like my bestie Joyce, some are still surviving in life and some are doing their best to live life to the fullest they can. Just like me, I'm living my life everyday like today is my last day and tomorrow is gonna be a brand new day to start a new life, to do better each day and the best that I could.

Just like last Saturday, I met Coco who asked me excitedly, "How's your Dining In The Sky experience?" I was so surprised and asked her how she got to know about it? She told me she saw my comment on Facebook and keep pushing me to share my wonderful experience of dining in the sky with her because she told me she's sick now, she's no longer working in the boutique and wanted to go for this RM899 Dining In The Sky but too bad, it was fully booked liao.

She also knew that they have stopped the DITS operation by the end of September month, she was so heartbroken. I tried to soothe her heart by asking her to look forward for their next plan since the RM399 Mooncake session also fully booked. In the meantime, I advised her to take good care of her health 1st and healed it fast. Everyday, we are struggling to cope with our busy lifestyles to achieve success, we may overlooked 'So Fat' our most precious wealth of all, that is our health sometimes. Life is not all about achieving goals all the time. You know, life is so ironic that everyday wherever I go, I meet someone whom I know and they called me telling me that I'm Defney's Sister, or even at Ossoto Spa, a girl called me telling me she's Eileen's bestie whom I recognized later. When we meet again for buffet dinner taking selfie together so she can WeChat my sister in Australia, my bestie Jamie asked who's this fan of mine. Haha...I replied her, "Not a fan but a friend of my sis' bestie. It's a small, small world to me indeed!

Even that day in Starbucks Malaysia 200th Opening, I saw this malay guy who looked familiar and he said he remember he used to serve me coffee in Coffee Bean for many years already. Today, he's still serving me coffee but in Starbucks Cafe pulak. Haha...Life is so enriching and enlightening for me. Stay tuned for more sexy stories about my life, now I gotta attend my dear hubby Rambo's manja Lau Gai wanted to buy the latest handphone intown.

Lucky he didn't asked for a new Duplex or Mercedes Benz car to fulfil his alter ego, because nowadays I tend to 'Sun Hui Yi' by giving him the freedom of green lights to buy whatever things he wanted recently. If not, he'll go on ear wiggling me by saying "Having money is to spend on the things you need or like, not for 'Bai Leng' (decorate) your bank account with numbers or many zeros that's not gonna make you happy" which is true, making sense to me. That's why I raised a White Flag to him, admitting my defeat willingly & joyfully. That's life!

Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Hada Labo lotion was first launched in Japan in 2004. Following the launch, the Hydrating Lotion became its star product and has maintained its position as the No.1 face lotion in Japan for 7 consecutive years.

Hada Labo’s lotion known for the different types of Hyaluronic Acid effectively provides the skin with a powerful double layer moisture-locking shield to lock-in moisture. The lotion functions to deeply hydrate the skin while preserving the skin’s optimum moisture balance and also prepare the skin to better absorb the other skincare products.

Hada Labo’s lotion, which was introduced in Malaysia in 2010, just gets better and better with more variants introduced to address the various skin concerns. Introducing the all-new Hada Labo Whitening Cooling Gel Lotion, the latest lotion innovation that is set to excite the market. It is also Hada Labo’s FIRST 5-in-1 multifunction lotion that functions as a lotion, mask, essence,astringent and emulsion.

Leaving a cool refreshing sensation on the skin upon application, this 5-in-1 gel lotion contains two types of Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronic Acid and Nano Hyaluronic Acid) for instant penetration onto the skin’s deepest layer for deep hydration, leaving no feeling of stickiness on the skin.

Apart from its hydration properties, it also containsan effective whitening agent that brightens skintone for a visibly fairer, translucent and natural radiant skin. Enhanced with Vitamin C derivatives, it helps to re-balance skin tone and restores skin evenness to reveal a translucent and more radiant complexion.This formulation is also enriched with Witch Hazel Leaf extract which helps to tighten as well as refine pores for a smoother and more refined skin. All in all, it is the perfect hassle free, all-in-one whitening gel lotion that not only brightens the skintone but also leaves your skin feeling smooth, supple and hydrated all day long.

Hada Labo products are fragrance-free, colorant-free, mineral oil-free and pH balance with low irritant on the skin which makes it suitable for all skin types. For better results, use it together with Hada Labo’s whitening range which includes Whitening Face Wash, Whitening Essence, Whitening Milk, Whitening Cream, Whitening Perfect Gel and Whitening Mask.

Directions To Use:

After cleansing, pour sufficient amount of the cooling gel lotion on your palm and on the face and neck. Gently pat to allow absorption into the skin. The gel lotion has a transparent gel-like texture, which turns into water upon application on the skin.

Hada Labo uses the finest, purest and highly effective ingredients to provide you with the ultimate result of beautiful skin. Inspired by traditional Japanese beauty wisdom, Hada Labo adopts a “no more no less” philosophy in the formulation of its products for the “perfect” ingredients ratio to give optimal results. Unnecessary additives, colourant, fragrance and mineral oil that will burden the skin are omitted. Only essential ingredients that are beneficial to the skin are retained to ensure maximum effectiveness – Only the best for your skin and nothing else.

My review;

The moment I splashed myself with this special cooling gel lotion on my face and neck, I can feel the cooling sensation already, real quickly. It absorbed into my skin instantly like water and I really enjoyed the application ritual part very much. Haha...I find it amusing and at the same time, it provide much moisture of deep hydration condition to my dehydrated skin. I took out all my Hada Labo whole range of products, pampered on my skin together with this cooling gel and feeling fantastically 'Song' about it. Try it, you will love it!

About The Mentholatum Company

The Mentholatum Company, Inc. Founded in 1889 is a manufacturer and marketer of non-prescription drugs and heathcare products. Headquarters are in Orchard Park, New York, U.S.A with operations in Australia, South Africa, Canada, Scotland, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Korea, P.R China, India and Japan.

Manufacturing is carried out in 26 locations around the globe and marketing/distribution in over 150 countries. The company, privately held for 99 years, was acquired by Rohto Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. of Osaka, Japan in 1988. Rohto is a major player in the Japanese pharmaceutical market with top selling products in the eye care, topical and stomach relief categories.

Since 1889, The Mentholatum Company has grown and prospered from a small purveyor of soaps and toiletries into an international company, marketing quality proprietary medicines around the world. In the United States, and in many countries around the world, the Mentholatum family of products has earned a reputation for quality and value. Every Mentholatum brand is sold with an unconditional guarantee of satisfaction.Brands under Mentholatum: Lipice, Oxy, Hada Labo, Selsun, Sunplay, Rohto C Cube, Deep Heating Rub.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Columbia
Asia Hospital - Puchong is organizing a charity fun run “Run 4 Hope Run 4
Her”, this coming 18th October 2015 to create breast cancer awareness among the Puchong community. The
main objective is to raise funds for Breast Cancer Welfare Association Malaysia
(BCWA).This is
held in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness month in October too. Save the date to support one of the most meaningful event of the year.

The Pink Run medals for this fun run is creative and looks cool right. On the event day itself, they will be having many activities to fulfil our knowledge on Breast Cancer Awareness, keeping us updated with the latest infos on BCWA so come and support the event together with me. C ya there!

Friday, September 25, 2015

The first Starbucks store opened in Kuala Lumpur on 17 December 1998, to date they have expanded to Sabah and Sarawak and reached the 200 stores, including 19 Drive-Thru stores milestone. Now into their 16th year of operations, they still strive to provide a third place for their customers.

To ensure the continuity of their business growth, they focused on a secure and steady retail expansion with 25 new stores opened in 2015 to date. They will be opening new stores in the near future at Bintulu Times Square, Aman Central in Alor Setar, and Tesco Jenjarom. In fact, it's interesting to get to know more about Starbucks stories through Sydney Quays, Starbucks Managing Director that morning esp. when he mentioned how nice the Penang Starbucks ambience at Batu Ferringhi Beach location, I was fantasizing myself at the beach, daydreaming that I was sipping the aromatic coffee with my Pareo Sarong. Haha...In my next holiday in Penang, I'll definitely visit and hit that hot spot for sure.

In their efforts to support tourism in Malaysia, they have introduced their iconic city mugs, tumblers, and specially crafted Mengkuang based products. Very Malaysian feel, I kinda like it and starting to miss my kampung in Johor already.

About the Connecting Communities Project

In 2013, Starbucks launching the Connecting Communities Project. Starbucks is committed to empowering local Malaysian communities and with this scalable community project that contributes to small villages focusing of local sourcing. This project will not only encourage ethical sourcing but also opens a gateway opportunity to make an impact to the farmers’ families and their community.

Starbucks purchased a sizeable amount of fresh bananas directly from the farmers, which were used in several types of banana-based edible products at their stores. The products that are available (retailing at all Starbucks stores in Peninsular Malaysia):@ Signature Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin: RM6.90@ Banana Chocolate Decadence: RM11.55

In 2015, Starbucks partnered with Craft CT 01 Enterprise located at Felda Chini Timur 1 at the East Coast of Malaysia to develop Mengkuang based products. The products will then be retailed at selected Starbucks store in Malaysia.

About their 200th store – Starbucks, Ansa (formerly known as Piccolo Hotel)

Their 200th store features a heritage concept that was inspired by where and how the brand began. The store design includes the story of Connecting Communities in Malaysia Project; this project is a scalable community project that contributes to small villages in support of local sourcing which was launched in 2013. These features can be found at selected areas in this store; on the community table, pastry case, feature wall and the merchandise wall.

1. Community TableDesigns with coffee elements, banana and Mengkuang leaves are meticulously carved onto the table.

2. Merchandise WallThere is section dedicated to retail Mengkuang based products such as Bookmark, Card Holder, Placemat, Hot Cup Sleeve and Coaster. Currently they are retailing the limited edition 200th store Mengkuang Hot Cup Sleeve, available while stocks last.

3. Feature Wall

Specially woven Mengkuang mats can be found hanging on the wall.

4. Pastry Case

They are retailing banana based products using bananas sourced from Kuala Selangor, Selangor.

I was glad I attended this media event to celebrate Starbucks 200th store dragging myself there early in the morning, it's great to get up close with Starbucks brand that day where they also served us fresh-brewed coffee that succeed to wake me up instantly, very naturally. Not forgetting their signature Ice Blended Duo Cocoa Mocha and good food they had just created to tease our Malaysian tastebuds. Not bad, check it out yourself when you're around that corner, situated right at the heart of the most happening KL city centre. Coffee keeps me awake and alive everyday, a cup a day absolutely keeps the doctor away! ;)

About Me

A Fire Dragon who loves spa, shopping, singing, dancing, dining, reading, swimming and travelling to explore different cultures around the world esp. China (5000 years of living history).My philosophy in life is simply live life to the fullest and my principle in life is strive for the best in everything I ventured into. I'm passionate about fashion, good food, health, beauty & wellness for healthy body, mind and soul. C'est beau la vie!
(Email:jacyntacsy@yahoo.com.my)